Lot 248
Château La Mission-Haut-Brion--Vintage 1959
Closed11 December 2007
Price Realised
EUR 1,207
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Château La Mission-Haut-Brion--Vintage 1959
Pessac (Graves), cru classé. Château-bottled
Bin-soiled labels. Levels: base of neck or better
Tasting note: The Woltners at their peak. The wine took 20 years to shrug off some of the tannin. Initially restrained but perfectly evolved by the early 1990s. Very sweet, tobacco-like Graves flavour and a perfect, elliptical shape (1994). Most recently a superb bottle at La Réserve's tasting: deep, more intense than the Ch Haut-Brion, tinged with cherry red; more scented too, 'earthy', 'cheese rind', 'singed tobacco', 'pebbly', its crisp fruit opening up richly; more astringent than the Ch Haut-Brion, crisper fruit, more aggressive, with excellent tannin and acidity. Last tasted June 2000 ***** And will keep Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
1 bottle per lot
Pessac (Graves), cru classé. Château-bottled
Bin-soiled labels. Levels: base of neck or better
Tasting note: The Woltners at their peak. The wine took 20 years to shrug off some of the tannin. Initially restrained but perfectly evolved by the early 1990s. Very sweet, tobacco-like Graves flavour and a perfect, elliptical shape (1994). Most recently a superb bottle at La Réserve's tasting: deep, more intense than the Ch Haut-Brion, tinged with cherry red; more scented too, 'earthy', 'cheese rind', 'singed tobacco', 'pebbly', its crisp fruit opening up richly; more astringent than the Ch Haut-Brion, crisper fruit, more aggressive, with excellent tannin and acidity. Last tasted June 2000 ***** And will keep Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
1 bottle per lot
Château La Mission-Haut-Brion--Vintage 1959
Pessac (Graves), cru classé. Château-bottled
Bin-soiled labels. Levels: base of neck or better
Tasting note: The Woltners at their peak. The wine took 20 years to shrug off some of the tannin. Initially restrained but perfectly evolved by the early 1990s. Very sweet, tobacco-like Graves flavour and a perfect, elliptical shape (1994). Most recently a superb bottle at La Réserve's tasting: deep, more intense than the Ch Haut-Brion, tinged with cherry red; more scented too, 'earthy', 'cheese rind', 'singed tobacco', 'pebbly', its crisp fruit opening up richly; more astringent than the Ch Haut-Brion, crisper fruit, more aggressive, with excellent tannin and acidity. Last tasted June 2000 ***** And will keep Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
1 bottle per lot
Pessac (Graves), cru classé. Château-bottled
Bin-soiled labels. Levels: base of neck or better
Tasting note: The Woltners at their peak. The wine took 20 years to shrug off some of the tannin. Initially restrained but perfectly evolved by the early 1990s. Very sweet, tobacco-like Graves flavour and a perfect, elliptical shape (1994). Most recently a superb bottle at La Réserve's tasting: deep, more intense than the Ch Haut-Brion, tinged with cherry red; more scented too, 'earthy', 'cheese rind', 'singed tobacco', 'pebbly', its crisp fruit opening up richly; more astringent than the Ch Haut-Brion, crisper fruit, more aggressive, with excellent tannin and acidity. Last tasted June 2000 ***** And will keep Michael Broadbent, Vintage Wine
1 bottle per lot
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